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Ok the rain has stopped me pulling the rocker covers off at the mo so i thought I would post the vid on here - if it works!
Just wanted to see if anyone else has had this horrible rattle noise, doesnt sound like the others that I have heard, hoping its just the lifters and not something else!
looky looky

Water pump perhaps ?

you are allowed to open the engine bay and look inside! try and locate the source of the sound you could try using a tube put it to your ear and move the other end around and see where its loudest.

The vid was just a quick one to highlight the odd noise, had just come back from shopping with a boot full of food
Will get out tomorrow and have a look at it again, the noise sounds like its coming from the heads, just thought other people had more tapping noises than my bag of nails noises.
Will get the listening sticks out

Air cooled?
We had an air cooled beetle that made something similar the fan was hitting the shroud????????????
Does'nt sound like cranks, bearings or pistons??

centro wrote:Water pump perhaps ?

I agree
take the fan belt off and start it up for a minute or two
if the noise has gone then water pump death is imminent

Good plan men, I really dont need that dying on me! will definatly do that 1st thing tomoz and see what that does, how long can i run it with the pump not working though, couple of minutes to see if the noise is gone be ok?
I know the stat has had it, rad is always open now and cant achieve top temperature.
cheers for the replys